METCALFE MUSEUM
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Metcalfe Museum received a gift of donation this last week from Norma Carrol of Amarillo, Texas. There were four 8-by-10 prints, equally framed and ready to hang. I had never
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HERITAGE MUSEUM
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Museum Happenings Last Thursday, I traveled to Wheeler for a quarterly meeting of the Texas Plains Trails board meeting. It was nice not having to travel the day before to
A leader gets his day; Texas designates September 14 Quanah Parker Day
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TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION—By proclamation of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, has been declared Quanah Parker Day to commemorate the legacy of the famed Comanche chief, Quanah
FROM THE STACKS
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Adult Nonfiction Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, by Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy, retired). Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter’s Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our
Julika Behrens returns to Rotary
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Isn’t it wonderful to reconnect with old friends? Today we had the pleasure of welcoming back our 2016-17 foreign exchange student, Julika Behrens, to do just that. This past May,
Horse-fly population higher than normal, hard to control
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COLLEGE STATION—High populations of horse flies, a stubborn and difficult biting fly to control, have caused problems for Texas livestock producers this year, according to Dr. Sonja Swiger, AgriLife Extension
BUSINESS BRIEFS
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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for May 2019 AUSTIN––Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for May 2019 came from 177,644
NPEC installs EV station in Ochiltree County
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North Plains Electric installed Ochiltree County’s first public electric-vehicle (EV) charging station this month at the Museum of the Plains. This effort was made by NPEC and the museum to
Lightning and triple-digit temperatures prove a dangerous mix for area ranchers and firefighters
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A series of grassfires in Hemphill and surrounding counties have kept pagers buzzing, sirens blaring, and firefighters and other first responders scrambling since late last week. With persistent triple-digit temperatures
County passes on burn ban, proposes tax rate for FY 2019-20
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The commissioners chose not to reinstate a countywide burn ban Monday, despite a rash of grassfires in this area over the weekend, agreeing that the prohibition would have had little